YouTube is the number one search engine for music. Because of this, many musicians have turned to video to promote themselves and their work. Plus, videos on YouTube are an … Continue reading
Music Promotion
Learn how to make more fans using the latest tools and tips from experts in the music industry. From social media and YouTube, to good old-fashioned fan newsletters, we’ll help you find new and creative ways to elevate your music promotion and engage with music listeners everywhere.
50 music promo ideas you can do right now!
Download CD Baby’s new free guide for musicians! It’s often a lot of little things that add up to buzz and momentum in the music world. So don’t stake your … Continue reading
How to add end screens to your YouTube videos
What are end screens on YouTube? It’d been in beta for a while, but YouTube has finally rolled out end screens for everybody. End screens are visual overlay elements that … Continue reading
Are you losing gigs because of your website?
Sunday, November 13, 2016 — 7pm EST: join this webinar for artists on maximizing the marketing power of your website Is your website losing you bookings? Are people even finding you online? … Continue reading
Find Which Spotify and Apple Music Playlists You’re In
The most important metric for streaming music success is now updated daily in your CD Baby members account The biggest predictor of a song’s success on streaming platforms — particularly … Continue reading
For better or worse: Putting Facebook to work for event marketing
[This article was written by Joshua Powell. It originally appeared on FearsomeFolk.com.] Pour some out for Myspace. Never before or since has there been such a unified platform for fans … Continue reading
Musicians: Why You Should be Using Content Marketing
Marketing and promoting your music is a task every musician has to face throughout their career. But it’s also the one thing many musicians wish they never had to do … Continue reading
Pandora’s new promotion tools for musicians are a no-brainer: use them!
Pandora relaunches its (free) Artist Marketing Platform, and it’s super artist-friendly. I’ve just spent the morning checking out Pandora’s new promotion tools available to artists who are distributing music to … Continue reading
10 things you can do to maximize the sales and streams of your latest release
As musicians, we know there’s an overwhelming amount of work to do when you release your music. You need to get it distributed, promoted, marketed, heard, and generating money for … Continue reading
YouTube makes it easier to be upfront (literally) with your fans about paid promotions
YouTube’s new paid promotion disclosures Transparency is cool, right? Your fans deserve to know when you’re getting cash for a product placement, don’t they? YouTube thinks so, which is why … Continue reading